OBJECTIVE Insulin has mitogenic effects, although hyperglycemia may be a risk factor for cancer in type 2 diabetes. It remains uncertain whether use of insulin increases cancer risk because of its… (More)

Dyslipidemia complicates renal function leading to disturbances of major homeostatic organs in the body. Here we examined the effect of chronic renal dysfunction induced by uninephrectomy on fat… (More)

Diabetes is a disorder of energy metabolism associated with increased cancer risk, but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. In a prospective cohort of patients enrolled in the Hong Kong… (More)

Although much emphasis has been placed on screening for albuminuria in type II diabetic patients, less attention has been focused on the role of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the assessment of… (More)

BACKGROUND
There is an increasing prevalence of young-onset diabetes, especially in developing areas. We compared the clinical outcomes and predictors for cardiovascular-renal events between Chinese… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To validate a Chinese version of the Diabetes Distress Scale (CDDS).
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
The CDDS was derived using forward-backward translation and administered in 189 Chinese… (More)